Chapter 89
"What is Chen Huan doing?! Do I still have to defend him?" The young defender Bellerin was stunned for a moment, but then chose to fall to his position.
After Di Maria received the ball in the middle, facing Ramsey's pressure, he turned around on the spot and shook off Ramsey. At the same time, he was also paying attention to Chen Huan's movement.
At this moment, Chen Huan had circled from the wing to the middle and was charging into the penalty area.
Arsenal's central defender Mertesacker immediately realized what Chen Huan was going to do. He observed his own defense line, intending to create an offside position for Chen Huan.
"Swish——"
Di Maria passed the ball straight to the Arsenal penalty area.
Chen Huan made a fishhook run - this allowed him to avoid the offside trap of the back line led by Mertesacker.
The ball was stuck in front of Chen Huan, so the next step was a race.
And Chen Huan, who has the speed of Bale, certainly wouldn't be afraid of a race!
Mertesacker was dumbfounded. With a height of 198, his ability to chase back was certainly not top-notch. Seeing that Chen Huan, who was starting from a non-offside position, was about to rush past him like a gust of wind, Mertesacker did not choose to give up and reached out to grab Chen Huan's jersey.
"The only option is to foul."Mertesacker grabbed Chen Huan's jersey and pulled him back.
In the penalty area, Chen Huan's center of gravity could not be balanced because of the pulling force from behind, and his body fell backwards.
"beep——"
As expected, the referee blew the whistle and pointed to the penalty spot.
Mertesacker lowered his head and did not make any excuses. This was a foul in the penalty area that anyone with eyes could see. It was undoubtedly a penalty.
"Hey, big guy, you're pretty quick with your hands." Chen Huan, who was lying on the ground, smiled at Mertesacker and said,
"No way, I can't catch up.……"Mertesacker sighed, bent down and pulled Chen Huan up.
The referee first came to Mertesacker and showed him a yellow card.
"It's okay, I'm not angry with you."Chen Huan patted Mertesacker's shoulder jokingly, and the latter responded with a smile that was uglier than crying.
Rooney ran over, picked up the ball and walked towards the penalty spot. At this time, Arsenal chose to make a substitution on the sidelines.
"Arsenal replaced Szczesny with No. 26 substitute goalkeeper Damian Martinez!"
"Many people may not know Martinez, a young and talented goalkeeper from the Argentine youth training. After transferring to Arsenal, he has been rented out for training and has just returned this season. He is a goalkeeper with excellent goal-line skills and strong penalty-saving ability."
"Rooney is not in good shape today, Rooney must be careful."
Rooney bent down and put the ball on the penalty spot. When he looked up, he saw Martinez walking towards him with a provocative look on his face.
"Get out of here." Rooney cursed.
Martinez smiled and retreated towards the goal line while saying,"Rooney, your performance today was like shit, can you make the penalty kick?"
……
Chen Huan stood outside the penalty area and noticed that Martinez was provoking Rooney. Others might not know this Argentine goalkeeper, but Chen Huan had the memory of the 2023 Qatar World Cup, so he had a deep memory of this goalkeeper... No, no, no, this goalkeeper.
It was because of this goalkeeper who saved key penalties in consecutive penalty shootouts against other teams in Argentina that he was able to turn the tide and let Messi lift the World Cup.
"Be prepared to make up for the missed shot."Chen Huan adjusted his steps and thought to himself.
"beep——"
The whistle blew, Rooney took five steps, kicked the ball to the right side of the goal with his right foot - it was a half-high ball.
Martinez had already predicted it, he pushed off the ground with both feet, rushed to the right, and directly hugged the half-high ball in his arms.
Chen Huan had already rushed into the penalty area, but the ball was firmly held by Martinez, and there was no chance to make up for it.
"——Boo!"
In Highbury Stadium, boos came from all directions.
""Hurry!" Martinez ran towards the penalty area with the ball in his arms.
Arsenal immediately launched a counterattack formation and rushed towards Manchester United's half.
Manchester United's reaction was also fast, and they retreated almost at the same time. The two wingers Chen Huan and Di Maria also retreated to the sidelines for protection.
……
"The penalty was missed?!"
Longguo Sports Channel - Xiao Zhan and Coach Zhang sighed in unison.
Coach Zhang said:"Rooney's condition is really bad. Although there is no coward before the 12-yard line, he should not have taken a half-high penalty. Such a penalty kick is easy for the goalkeeper to save."
"You are right. Rooney was not in good shape in today's game. I hope he can adjust as soon as possible. As Manchester United's top scorer last season, if his shape is not online, Manchester United's performance this season may be poor.……"
Xiao Zhan suddenly interrupted Zhang with a smile, saying,"Zhang, you may have forgotten that, including Chen Huan's goal in today's game, Chen Huan's current goal tally has reached nine. Now he is not only the top scorer in Manchester United, but also the top scorer in the Premier League with Aguero, who also scored nine goals for Manchester City. Strictly speaking, none of Chen Huan's nine goals were penalties, while Aguero scored two of them. Chen Huan is more efficient than Aguero.""
"Oh, if you hadn't reminded me, I would have almost forgotten that Chen Huan's current goal efficiency should have surpassed Rooney's last season. If Chen Huan can maintain this goal path, he can also compete for the league's Golden Boot this season."
Xiao Zhan smiled and said,"You are right, and Chen Huan's chance of success in competing for the league's Golden Boot is not small. If he really wins it, it will not only create history for Dragon Country, but also create history for the entire Asia and even the entire yellow race."
"Xiao Zhan, I don’t know if you have a feeling that we are now fortunate enough to watch the beginning of a legendary player’s football journey." Coach Zhang said with emotion
"Yes, this is the happiness of all our Dragon fans, Asian fans, and even the entire yellow race fans. Just think about it, a Dragon player won the Premier League Golden Boot.���What kind of scene would it be to present the trophy?"
"However, the future legend now has to face the problem that there are less than fifteen minutes left, but the team is still one point behind."Coach Zhang smiled and said
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When Ramsey received the pass from Wilshere and was about to take control of the ball, he suddenly heard Bellerin shouting behind him:"Watch out!"
Ramsey noticed someone was rushing from behind him, and he immediately tried to change the direction of the ball.
At this moment, a long leg came from behind and knocked the ball out of the baseline with a"bang" before he could flick the ball.
Ramsey turned around and saw Chen Huan slowly standing up.
"I almost forgot that you were a defensive midfielder, so you should stop the ball cleanly. Ramsey laughed and joked
"Don't waste time, kick off quickly, I'm planning to reverse you."
Chen Huan gestured to Ramsey with a serious expression.
Just as the Arsenal players were about to kick off, Wilson, the young center forward wearing the No. 49 jersey, stood beside the fourth official on the bench of Manchester United.
Wilson was listening to Van Gaal's instructions with his head down, nodding slightly from time to time.
The fourth official raised the light board in his hand, which showed that Wilson replaced No. 10 Rooney.
Rooney walked to the sideline with his head down, and at the same time untied the captain's armband on his right arm. When he was substituted off the field, he did not fist-bump with Wilson, and ignored Van Gaal who was about to shake hands with him, and walked straight to the bench.